内蒙古霍林郭勒市第三中学2012-2013学年高二英语下学期期末试
题新人教版
第I卷 （ 选择题 共85分）
注意事项：
1． 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）。 2． 本试卷备有答题卡，请在答题卡上作答，否则无效。 第一部分 听力（略）
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分) 第一节：单项选择(共15小题，每小题1分)
1. As is known to all, ________China is ________biggest developing country in the world.
A. the;/ B. the; the C. /; the D. /;/ 2. The engine of the ship was __________ and the bad weather added to the helplessness of the crew at sea.
A. out of order B. out of question C. out of sight D. out of place 3. ---Do you think we should put an ad in the paper for the lost child? ---Yes, ___________.
A. that’s all right. B. by all means C. it just depends D. never mind 4. ---Well, that was a good meal. I _________you were a really good cook. ---Thank you.
A. didn’t know B. don’t know C. haven’t known D. hadn’t known 5._________we’ll go camping depends on weather.
A. Which B. That C. If D. Whether
6. I am glad _________a chance to improve my English in that famous university, and I have learned a lot.
A. to be give B. to be given C. to give D. to be giving
7. Many children, ________parents are away working in big cities, are taken good care of in the village.
A. their B. whose C. of whom D. with whom
8. It suddenly occurred to him __________he had left his key in the office. A. whether B. where C. which D. that 9. Time, __________correctly, is money in the bank.
A. to use B. used C. using D. use
10. Before driving into the city, you are required to have your car___________. A. washed B. wash C. washing D. to wash
11. I still remember ________to the Famen Temple and what I saw there. A. to take B. to be taken C. taking D. being taken
12. Teachers recommend that parents _________their children under 12 to ride bicycles to school for safety.
A. not allow B. do not allow C. mustn’t allow D. couldn’t allow 13. To be honest, it took me more than a month to _______myself _______the new school
life.
A. adopt; to B. adjust; to C. adapt; into D. suit; for 14. ---Have you __________? ---No. I had the wrong number.
A. got in B. got away C. got off D. got through 15. Granny looked for her book, but she couldn’t find it _____.
A. somewhere B. everywhere C. anywhere D. nowhere
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A __16_ thing happened __17_ me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day ___18__I drove to go for a look in the country. On the way back home, my __19__ stopped. It was out of gas on a __20__ road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone ___21__ could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile ___22__ I finally found a house near the ___23___. I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair ___24___. She said, “I’ve been __25__ for you here for a long time. Come in. __26 _ is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t___27_ what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred ! Gas? You __28__ tea,” said she. I quickly___29___ that my car was out of ___30__ , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept __31____ me Alfred and talking about how long it had been___32___ she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I ___33___.
Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my___34____ , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t __35__ anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.”
16. A. happy B. strange C. common D. bad 17. A. on B. in C. upon D. to 18. A. and B. so C. but D. that
19. A. car B. bus C. bike D. truck 20. A. narrow B. lonely C. crowded D. busy 21. A. what B. whom C. who D. how
22. A. before B. after C. while D. as 23. A. street B. path C. way D. road 24. A. came B. answered C. opened D. appeared 25. A. asking B. looking C. calling D. waiting
26. A. Gas B. Coffee C. Tea D. Lunch 27. A. consider B. understand C. accept D. think 28. A. like B. love C. used to like D. liking 29. A. answered B. explained C. refused D. promised 30. A. gas B. tea C. strength D. energy 31. A. calling B. call C. to call D. called 32. A. until B. before C. since D. when 33. A. could B. can C. would D. wanted 34. A. accident B. incident C. experience D. surprise 35. A .hit B. injury C. hurt D. frighten
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分 ） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
A One day Mr. Brown saw a young woman in the street with children. He is very surprised because all the children are wearing the same clothes. White caps, blue coats and yellow trousers.
“Are all these children yours?” he asks the woman. “Yes, they are.” she answers.
“Do you always dress them in the same
clothes ?”asks Mr. Brown.
“Yes, ” answers the mother. “When we have four children, we dress them in the same clothes because we don’t want to lose any of them. It is easy to see our children among other children because they are all wearing the same clothes.
And now we have ten, we dress them like this because we don't want to take other children home by mistake. When there are other children among ours, it is easy to see them because their clothes are different.
36. How many people does Mr. Brown see in the street one day? He sees ____in all. A. twelve B. eleven C. four D. ten children 37. Why is Mr. Brown surprised? Because ________ .
A. all the children are boys B. all the children are in the same clothes C. all the children are lovely D. all the children are wearing the same trousers 38. Why does the woman dress her children in the same clothes? Because______________. A. she has so many children B. she loves her children
C. she doesn't want to take her children home
D. she wants to see her children easily among others
39. What kinds of clothes are the children wearing when Mr. Brown sees them? A. White caps, blue coats and yellow trousers. B. Blue caps, yellow coats and white trousers C. Yellow caps, white coats and blue trousers. D. White caps, yellow coats and blue trousers.
B
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A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his living room and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long.
He went downstairs, where his mother and his two sisters were washing up the tea things in the kitchen, “These new trousers are too long,” he said, “They need to be cut short by about two inches. Would one of you mind doing this for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything.
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44. The main idea of this passage is that _______________. A. the young man bought himself a pair of trousers B. the young man’ new trousers were cut too short
C. the young man’s mother and sisters hated to speak to each other D. the young man was loved by his mother and sisters very much
45. Why didn’t the young man’s mother and sisters give him a reply after he asked
one of them to cut his trousers short?
A. Because they did not know how to answer him. B. Because they were too busy to answer him.
C. Because they were used to keeping silence when they were busy. D. Because they all thought someone else wanted to do it.
46. How many inches were the new trousers cut short by his mother and sisters ?
A. 2 inches B. 6 inches C. 4 inches D. 8 inches
D
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